This week’s Update features the obligatory Expedia / ChatGBT story as Expedia garnered most of this past week’s industry headlines with its announced integration of ChatGBT into its iOS application. For those of you following...more
DC Avoids Getting Its Wires Crossed With Wirecard - Following its application to the Munich District Court to open preliminary insolvency proceedings, Wirecard was alleged to have been subject to a bankruptcy credit event....more
Unable to reach a last-minute deal with investors, rental car mainstay Hertz filed for bankruptcy late Friday night, doing so “without a clear plan with creditors in place—a rare move for a company of its size.” Though, like...more
This week’s travel-shortened OTA & Travel Distribution Update features two stories detailing two recently announced unique partnerships, one between Accor and Air-France-KLM and the other between Expedia and Lufthansa. We...more
The high plains of Texas set the stage for a dramatic standoff between Lufthansa German Airlines and global distribution service (GDS) giant Sabre Travel over Lufthansa's decision to impose an $18 surcharge on every ticket...more
In Wendelberger v. Deutsch Lufthansa AG, No. 18-cv-01055, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88532 (N.D. Cal. May 25, 2018), the Northern District of California recently dismissed a claim against Deutsch Lufthansa AG (“Lufthansa”) on the...more